AN: i'm back, unfortunately due to some major studying and bits of brain blocks for finals it's taken me this long, but here it is. plz try to bare with me for the next chater, im not sure how long it'll take for the next one, but feel free to review any time. and as a nice little treat for all of you, this chapter is extra longer than the other ones so far. now on to the party. o.O


Demetri's POV:

the days become colder as home coming comes closer, and girls continually ask Alec to the dance. Had Jane been here, there would've been tons of shocked faces, many to whom almost worshiped her brother like a god. Just to past the time, I'd spend hours on the internet reading mangas ranging from, yes, Vampire Knight to others such as Inuyasha. How I got hooked on them is a mystery, just like my brother's mind.

And then I find myself back in the same old morbid routine, with only two of my most enjoyable classes at the middle and end of the day. With a constent padder of rain drops that would hit the ground during gym, Serenity would be busy working hard passing the ball as we'd run closer to each other and then run away before serving the ball again. Right before we'd get fast enough though, she'd seem to remember to slow down to a human pace. "not bad, Adessi, but I can do better."she commented. "oh really?" I asked competitively. She nods her head eagerly in answer.

By the time we'd get far enough in practice, the bell would ring, bringing us out of our competitive states and serenity heading quickly to the door to meet up with her friends. So it surprised me one afternoon when she waited up after putting her equipment away, and talked to me about some thing non-sports related. "Demetri, hey, my boyfriend's holding this masquerade party thing at his place for Halloween, and he wanted to invite the whole junior class. Just wanted to let you know before I forgot and we went on break." she said before leaving. I nodded and realized that after she left that she was officially taken by some one else.

Serenity's POV:

it was finally the last few hours before the party, and Nessie, auntie Alice, and I were at Julian"s, wrapping the last details together. Aunt Alice pulled out her list as she took in our spoils. "orange and black rose petals?" she questioned. "check." my sister replied. Aunt Alice nodded as she scribbled something down. "punch bowls?" I checked the tables, adjusting the linen cloth. "ready." I called out to her. "our lovely young host and honor of the evening?" she asked smiling at moi and newly accepted human of the family. "present and accounted for." Julian replied a little flushed.

Aunt Alice smiled mischievously at us as she said "good." Nessie gulped, knowing that smile any where. Please don't tell me I'm going to be part of this experiment of her's Serenity, because if so, I am so going to kill you... my sister thought at me with a worried look in her eyes. "now time to get all three of you ready." my aunt replied solemnly. She pulled Julian aside, and ordered Nessie and I to return to the house and wait for her, while she worked on one of her greatest last minute projects. I nodded, giving Julian a kiss on the cheek and reassuring him it wasn't as bad as my sister makes it out to be. Renesmee gave me a dubious look, daring me to reconsider what I was saying. "don't worry about Ness, she's not to into make-overs any way." Julian and I both laugh as my sister lets out a hot growl as she leaps out at me. I start running for the car when aunt Alice calls out, "Serenity, what ever you two do, don't tear up my Porsche. I might be able to see the future, but I still cant see your sister and I cant see my car either." she warned.

I shrugged my shoulders as I tried avoiding my sister's attempts to almost catching me, and made a run for the door. I don't even see Julian anymore as I hear his quiet protests to my dear aunt Alice. Nessie came up behind me asking, "how can you leave him alone with her? Do you know what she'd put grandpa charlie through?" I shook my head, "no, but I have a feeling you don't either, so we'll just have to live with it." I replied. Ness groaned in answer as we both made our way to the car, and drove home, one of us restlessly waiting for the hour of the party to come closer, and the other dreading our aunt's return.

Just a little while after getting home, I flipped through the channels, stopping to catch the new episode of gossip girl, then went channel surfing again to watch the proposal. When I heard our aunt's heels coming from the drive way, I just about jumped to answer the door for her. Finally it was time, time for every thing. Getting into my dress that she'd insisted on getting me, Ness hiding in her room, and of course mom staying clear of our construction zone. "so, are you going to give me any ideas as to where your sister could be hiding?" aunt Alice asked with a curious look as she did a quick search of the living room. jabbing my thumb behind me in my sister's direction, I went directly for my aunt's master bathroom. even from where I stood I could hear Nessie's pleas and protests.

"why is it such a big deal to have a make-over done by me?" I heard her ask Renesmee. Alice popped her head in to check up on me, seeing that I was ready to go first, she went into her closet where she kept all her designer's idea, waiting on my choice of era. "okay, now the question is which one?" she said exhaling a deep sigh.. I stared at my aunt with the wide childish eyes that I was given as I took every thing into full thought. "cant I go into the closet and pull some thing out?" I asked in return. She nodded. "knock your self out."

I looked at the watch that my parents got me, the gold hand informing me that I only had four hours left. The closet by normal standards was ginormous, bells and skirts hung from one end of the wall, tops on another side, two-piece dresses and one-piece dresses alike adorned the walls, each arranged by color and length. The question was, what color should I go with? "um... aunt Alice? I think I need some help with the color of the dress." I called in wonder. She came from the restroom, bobby-pins being held in place with her teeth as she quickly spat them out. I didn't say a word, confusion keeping me quiet and time constantly making me run.

"pink and white." she replied softly, walking over to a completely different era. The dress she pulled out was amazing, the sleeves that went up to the elbows were purely white like angel feathers. Right above the sleeves was a rich rose pink vest covering the upper half of the back. There were ruffles that out-lined the neck opening of the dress, the sleeve's ends, the midsection, and the bottom of the skirts. Same matching pink lacing wrapped around the chest, going down and turning into a bow in back. New, yet old, and some thing comforting. "it's beautiful." I choked out, mesmerized by it all. "not yet," she said. "not till some one with lavender eye steppes into it." she smiled as she handed it to me. Pulling my aunt into a hug I then went to go change. Make-up was the easiest part of getting ready, it mainly consisted of light shades of pink for both eye shadow and lip-gloss, with just a tad of mascara and no eye liner. nothing to big, but it had to be perfect. a hint of blush later, and I was done.

I looked at my watch again and realized with a start that I was an hour late for the party and practically started running out the door. Aunt Alice had work on my sister and was able to get her to go on time while I worked on my make-up, so when she saw me running in the new heels, she tsked tsked and stopped me by pulling on the back of the neck on my dress carefully as not to rip it. "sweetie, I know you might have like that Cinderella movie growing up, but still, please don't try it in those heels. You still need them." she said. I looked at her skeptically and scoffed at what I was hearing. She rolled her eyes in return as she pulled me to the garage and said, "your dad needs to get you girls a car." I nodded. She does make some good points some times.

"by the way, until he does, I got you some thing as a little rental. Your uncle picked it out for you, so I hope you like the color red." from the moment we stepped into the garage I notice something in the shape of a car was covered by a sheet. My aunt pulled the tarp off to reveal a red Ferrari gleaming back at us. Ooh, new toy! I smiled happily waiting for Monday to come around and suddenly my mood shifted turning into sadness.

"whats wrong Seren? Not the car you were expecting?" she probed. I shook my head, "i don't have a valid license." I replied dully. "as if it really mattered, I mean really? How many times have you tried driving out here and making it out to the reservation just to go cliff diving?" she asked me humorously as she looked at me full in the eyes. "plenty of times. But I," I wanted to say more, to try to get every thing out, but some how it got stuck. "but I... Serenity, trust me on this when I say I think you're ready for this. And besides, its no problem getting you a license." Alice said with finality. No more questions asked, she drove me to Julian's house where music roared loudly in the background and lights lit the whole back yard.

As I entered the house I passed by a stray mirror and came across my reflection along the way, my wavy hair bounced in the clip that held the half pony tail in place, my mask at my side still not yet ready for me to put on, and finally a figure that stood at the edge of the mirror. I looked behind me to see who it was, but by the time I turned around he was gone. I must have been seeing things and I hoped that I was, if not it might have meant that I needed to feed more regularly. I went further into the crowded halls, finding a lot of classmates on the way who turned back to stare at me with amazed curiosity. Miranda was mixed in one of the groups, mingling with her little click until she saw me, envy, quiet resentment and unexpected shock colored her flawless features as I walked by still looking for Julian. Giving up, I went to go put my mask on, its white and gray feathers covered the bridge of my nose and barely covered half of the eyebrows.

A knock sounded at the door, "some one in there?" a familiar voice asked. "just a minute!" I called back as I hurried out. His blond-ish brown hair was combed to the side and he looked like the perfect prince charming that he usually was as he stood there in his tux. "I've been looking for you ya know." I said smiling. "as have I Angel." Julian said as he hugged me in answer. "Sorry I was late," I murmured into his ear. He nodded, "it's fine Serenity, you made it and that's what counts. Oh no! Tom no, please tell me you didn't get that from Jackson." Julian said over my shoulder to a guy with brown hair and jade green eyes. He shook his head and grinned. "nope, not even close. Think Conner got the keg from his brother Drew." tom replied as he sipped from the plastic orange cup. Letting go of Julian, I gently pushed him in tom's general direction. "go on. You should handle this before things get out of control." I told him gently. He sighed, but returned my smile. "I'll be back, and Serenity? You look very beautiful as always. Sure you wont be too lonely with out me?" he asked concerned.

"I'll be fine. Besides, I still need to make sure Nessie made it over here and not back to her room." I smiled at him and before he could ask anything more on the subject, I went to go look for my sister. as any party thrown by the popular social graces of the school it was rule to attend if invited, Julian had explained to me as we were setting things up, and now I understood as to why this was. With out the partying, there probably wouldn't be anything cool or special to talk about by the time Monday came around other than the latest news on the football, basketball, and lacrosse games. Throwing and going to parties are also one of the things that could either boost or bring down your status, so I could see what pressure this placed on my boyfriend and hoped every one was enjoying themselves.

Being that this was a restricted group of juniors, this made the underclassmen want to come along too, hoping that this would give them the boost that they were looking for, so I didn't really mind when I saw some of the freshmen that I had classes with. Sharron, Luna, Tori, Danny, every one else was here, every one but my sister, so I decided to broaden my search. Picking up the hems of my skirt, I went out the sliding door running into a tall dark figure and looked up to apologize. Demetri stood there with a confused expression, but he looked away and replaced it with a small dimpled grin. Blushing I turned away to let him through, but he didn't come in, he stood there and motioned for me to go first. "you first." I replied. He shook his head in answer. "I'm sorry, Serenity, but where I come from it's expected that ladies go first, not last." Demetri clarified. A flicker of annoyance ran through me, telling me that I should fight him, and in the back of my mind I asked myself why as he stared at me with daring eyes.

Finally, my mind came to a conclusion. The twins were jerks with an exception that one was nicer than the other of course. I sighed as I wondered how long this would take before I could continue looking for Renesmee. "tell you what, I'll dance with you later if you want, if you just go first and let me find my sister." I said bluntly. Only after it was said did I realize what it also meant. Demetri considered the offer with great care and replied, "as you wish." I stepped aside and he went, blue flock coat and tied pony tail trailing behind him. After what seemed like hours later, I found my sister in a blue dress that went down to mid-thigh dancing with Jacob down near the coy pond. How those little fish could survive beats me...

"there you are!" I loudly called to them. Jacob's expression turned to that of mock anger, "Serenity, if you keep interrupting your sister and I, then I'm left with no choice but to leave Leah in charge of you." Jake said warningly. He didn't just say that, he wouldn't say that, there would be no absolute reason for him to say that, but there it was. "Fido, if you would like to keep that nice fluffy tail of yours, then I suggest that the she-wolf stays away." I growled. Nessie stood in front of him with her arms spread out. "or I could just tell mom and dad about that party that you're planning on throwing, serenity." my sister replied quietly. I was at a loss, my mood crush and deflated with my sister's defense. "fine. So your tail lives another day." I muttered as I left for the punch bowl, Jake's tail still left in tact with all it's poofy fluff and fur. Next thing I knew it, I ran back into my very best friend. Julian smiled as he passed me a glass of punch.

Nessie's POV:

surprisingly, I was alive and breathing and soon with my most closest of friends, Jacob Black. "mom, Jacob's here!" I called out before we left for the party. And as we went for the door a chores of "be good you two!" came from my aunts, uncles, parents, and finally grand parents, not that it mattered being that we were always good. Well, maybe more for Jake's sake than my own, since most of the time he was hardly able to control himself. But in the end I find that I cant help but love him. Jacob took us in the Rabbit, and drove in an almost silence. I asked him about the pack, wondering how patrol was going lately and to see how Claire was doing.

"every one's doing great. Let's see, um, Quil just took Claire to her first back to school dance for eighth grade, a certain squirt just got his license a few months ago, and Embery went for a quick look at the other near by reservations for me to see if they're also affected by the cold ones." he grinned when at the end as he mentioned "cold ones". Playfully I pinched him in the arm, reminding him what background I came from. "I'm offended. I cant be that cold." I murmured quietly, a bit hurt that he would say that at all. His smile faltered as he considered this for a moment. "oh Nessie, I didn't mean it like that, you know I didn't, don't you?" he said apologetically. He may not have, but it was still the fact that he had said it none the less, and it made me wonder, would he still love me for me if I ever decided to go full vampire? Human has its benefits and is plenty safe , diet and everything considered, but they were just so fragile too.

The car pulled to a jerking stop and then Jacob killed the engine, it's deep growling quieted as we both made our way up the walk way to the back yard. Bodies clustered all around us, engulfing us in a heated chaos with lights. "the roses survived." I noted as we crossed the tables that had scattered flower petals on their cloth. Jacob nodded as he caught the direction of my gaze. "and I bet Alice had you guys scour the globe just to have them." Jake said halfheartedly. I nodded, "a good twenty flower shops. It wasn't that bad though." I answered calmly. Quickly I adjusted myself as people holding beer and punch came our way and almost fell on us. Of course Jacob bristled, wanting to punch one of the guys in the face, and I casually pulled him back, yanking his ear since I couldn't quite reach the collar of his shirt. "down boy! Heel. Stay. Now will you calm down?" I said once the one worded commands were out. He calmed down and we started dancing for some odd minutes enjoying peace and quiet before Serenity came in a 1600's looking dress, and interrupted the moment. I loved seeing her and notice that one of the Adessi had just walked away from her near the sliding door.

I'll have to ask her about that later... "-you are!" Seren called loudly enough that she drew others attentions. Jake looked mad about the starring, "Serenity, if you keep interrupting your sister and I, then I'm left with no choice but to leave Leah in charge of you." he said slightly annoyed. Serenity gave him a warning look before replying, "Fido, if you would like to keep that nice fluffy tail of yours, then I suggest that the she-wolf stays away." I couldn't take how they could still keep fighting, so I did the only thing that I could think of on such a short notice. Pulling my hands out, I stepped between them like they do on the movies and told serenity the only thing I knew that would stop her in her tracks. "or I could just tell mom and dad about that party that you're planning on throwing, serenity." it worked, and just like that, their little feud was defused. Serenity walked away not too thrilled, muttering, "fine. So your tail lives another day." quietly I asked Jake, "what was that all about?"

he shrugged and we went back to swaying. After getting back to the chair with my purse, I took out my phone to check for any messages while Jake went and got a water. 3 text messages and a voice mail were all left from Seth. I heard the voice mail first. "hey Nessie, tried reaching you earlier, guess you cant talk right now but I'll text you later. I think it's important." some how Seth sounded really concerned and made me curious.

We were friends and hardly had the need to call each other so I checked my texts. The first one astounded me, putting tears in my eyes and made my throat swell so that it was hard for me to even talk, let alone breath. My make up was beginning to smear, light tracks of mascara flowing gently down my cheeks. The image that appeared on my Droid's screen put a huge question mark in my mind, wondering how this could have happened. I didn't want to believe it was him, yet there was that toothy grin of his, his short brown hair, and the familiar curve of his lips. And then her! Ugh. Anger turned to revulsion. Then I had to look at the other text, tearing my gaze away took a lot of concentration, especially because it was Leah he was smacking lips with and they both had that hungry gleam to their eyes.

Idk if this is da best time but I cudn't keep dis from u. sry u found out like dis :(

call if u need anything, ill be here.

Shakily, my fingers dialed the numbers, then I lifted the phone up to my ear. By the third dial tone, Seth answered with a groggy "Hello?". Not sure how I managed to get them out, my voice cracked, "Seth, can you come get me?" and close the phone. Waiting for him in the front porch, the moon shining down like a sad old star that it was.


AN: hoped every one liked it. btw, thinking on makeing a pole or some thing, if any ideas for the story your more than welcomed to pm me. luve ya guys. :D